Shanghai South Railway Station

Shanghai South Railway Station (Chinese name 上海南站，Shanghai Nan Zhan) is located in Xuhui District, 9km northwest of the downtown of Shanghai. Operated in 1998 and rebuilt in 2002, this station was reopened on July 01 2006. This station covers 50,000 square metres, and has 6 island platforms, 13 railway tracks. Shanghai South Railway Station combines both ordinary passenger train station (denoted with letter Z/T/K) and high-speed train station(G/D/C series) that serves 97 high-speed trains and bullet trains per day, including Shanghai-Hangzhou Rails.

Station Layout

Shanghai South Railway Station has 4 floors. The departures hall, entrance, ticket offices are on 2F. The exit, arrivalss and platforms are on 1F. The metro stations are on B1.

Public Transportation

Metro line 1, line 3

Shanghai south railway station can be reached by Metro Line 1 and Line 3 of the Shanghai Metro system. Metro trains are mostly recommended public transport to get to or leave Shanghai South Railway Station, including from the downtown, Hongqiao Airport and Pudong Airport

Platforms and tracks of metro line 1 are on B2, platforms and tracks of metro line 3 are on 1F. The station halls of two metro lines are on B1, the transfer between line 1 and line 3 is one underground passage.

Subway Line 1: the first metro train is at 05:40 and the last is at 23:00

Subway Line 3: the first metro train is at 06:05 and the last is at 23:00

Taxi

Taxi is one convenient and fast, but also the most expensive way to get to or leave Shanghai South Railway Station.

Taxi drop-off areas on the 2F and the pick-up areas are on 1F on south square (near coach station)

Taxi Fee Standard(the fuel surcharge is 1RMB one way)

Day(5:00~23:00)

Night(23:00~5:00)

0~3 km

RMB11

RMB14

3~10 km

RMB2.1 per km

RMB2.4 per km

over15 km

RMB3.6 per km

RMB4.7 per km

Bus

There is one bus stations on north square and one bus station on South square. Total 22 bus routes to or pass Shanghai South Railway Station, including bus lines 14, 867 etc.

How get to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport (SHA)?

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) is located 17km northwest of Shanghai South Railway Station. How to get to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport from Shanghai South Railway Station, please Go Here to get details.

How get to Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG)?

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) is located 42km east of Shanghai South Railway Station. How to get to Shanghai Pudong Airport from Shanghai South Railway Station, please Go Here to get details.

Departures

Step 1: Get to the entrance of Shanghai South Railway Station by metro, Taxi, Bus or Car 40 minutes before train departure.